UPDATED: Deadly helicopter crash northwest of Edmonton

A 44-year-old woman is dead and two other people injured after a helicopter crashed in Northern Alberta about midway between Edmonton and Grande Prairie. The chopper were down just before 4:30 PM Monday afternoon about 25 kilometers southwest Fox Creek.

The helicopter was conducting aerial surveys for Alberta Agriculture and Forestry when the crash occurred. There is no word yet on the conditions of the second woman and a man who were injured. Names have not been released.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is in charge of the investigation.